Municipalities see link between asylum center protests and government asylum policy

According to the VNG, the fierce protests against the arrival of asylum seekers' centres cannot be seen separately from the government's policy. The interest group states that the intention to scrap the dispersal law plays a role in particular.

The Brabant municipalities are busy with it: finding suitable locations for asylum seekers' centres (azcs). It causes unrest in municipalities and often leads to heated discussions. "I understand the fear, but it is unjustified", says professor of public administration Ira Helsloot. To understand why discussions about azcs are often so heated, we have to go back to the year 2015, says Helsloot. "The war in Syria in particular caused a large flow…